De achttienjarige Alex Owens werkt overdag als lasser in een staalfabriek en 's nachts is ze een zwoele danseres in een bar. In haar dromen is ze echter al een gevierde ballerina. Via audities probeert zij om toegelaten te worden bij een professionele dansschool.
Nee, helaas is Flashdance nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Adrian Lyne | Director |
| Writing | Thomas Hedley Jr. | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joe Eszterhas | Screenplay |
| Production | Don Simpson | Producer |
| Production | Jerry Bruckheimer | Producer |
| Sound | Giorgio Moroder | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Donald Peterman | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gretchen Rennell | Casting |
| Art | Charles Rosen | Production Design |
| Art | Marvin March | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Kaplan | Costume Design |
| Crew | Conrad E. Palmisano | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Jeffrey Hornaday | Choreographer |
| Sound | Sylvester Levay | Conductor |
| Editing | Bud S. Smith | Editor |
| Sound | Robert 'Buzz' Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Don Digirolamo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert L. Stevenson | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Louis L. Edemann | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Cecelia Hall | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | George Watters II | Sound Effects Editor |
| Editing | Robert Lederman | Associate Editor |
| Editing | M. Scott Smith | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Richard Alderete | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Mitchell Sinoway | Associate Editor |
| Production | Matt Casella | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Julie Selzer | Casting Assistant |
| Sound | Ken Topolsky | Music Coordinator |
| Production | John R. Woodward | Location Manager |
| Crew | Joe Dunne | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Calvin Sterry | Key Grip |
| Camera | Clay H. Wilson | Dolly Grip |
| Lighting | Kal Manning | Gaffer |
| Crew | Michael Lantieri | Special Effects |
| Art | Mark Wade | Property Master |
| Art | Walt Hadfield | Construction Coordinator |
| Sound | David W. Gray | Dolby Consultant |
| Camera | John R. Shannon | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Dickson P. Sorensen | Additional Photography |
| Crew | Joel Marrow | Transportation Coordinator |
| Directing | Joanie Blum | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Jim Henrikson | Music Editor |
| Sound | Adam Fields | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Phil Ramone | Music Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paula Cain | Costume Supervisor |
| Writing | Thomas Hedley Jr. | Story |
| Production | Christine Forsyth-Peters | Executive Producer |
| Production | Casey Silver | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Victor Paul | Stunts |
| Crew | George Robotham | Stunts |
| Crew | John Robotham | Stunts |
| Crew | Ted Grossman | Stunts |
| Crew | George Fisher | Stunts |
| Crew | Louie Elias | Stunts |
| Production | Tom Jacobson | Associate Producer |
| Production | Lynda Obst | Associate Producer |
| Production | Donna M. Belajac | Location Casting |
| Production | Rita Clarke Holt | Location Casting |
| Production | Tom Jacobson | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Albert M. Shapiro | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marty P. Ewing | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | John J. Connor | Camera Operator |
| Sound | James E. Webb | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Keith Forsey | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Walt Mulconery | Editor |
| Production | Jon Peters | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Guber | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Sharp | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Victoria Vanderkloot | Stunt Double |
